Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday said his government will make Himachal Pradesh corruption-free state and put the economy back on rails. He also announced plans to start robotic surgery facilities at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital at Tanda and Hamirpur medical college to provide better health facilities at affordable rates for the people. Presiding over the 53rd Statehood Day function at Hamirpur, Sukhu said his government to root out graft and make the state corruption-free. Asserting that graft would not be allowed at any level and corrupt elements would be put behind bars, he said suspension of HP Subordinate staff selection commission was a step in this direction. Blaming the previous BJP government for putting the state under debt liability of Rs 75,000 crore and committed liabilities of over Rs 11,000 crore pertaining to arrears and DA of employees and pensioners, Sukhu said his government was determined to bring the economy back on rails and
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Aam Aadmi Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday assured a "corruption-free and honest" government in Goa, if the AAP is voted to power in the Assembly polls due next year. Kejriwal told reporters here that the guarantee was made based on the track record of the AAP's Delhi government, where its own minister was sacked for seeking a bribe from a shopkeeper. Ministers or MLAs won't be spared from punishment, if they are found demanding bribe, the Delhi chief minister said. "We will provide the first corruption-free and honest government in Goa," he claimed. If the AAP is voted to power in Goa, its government will also stop petty level corruption by introducing doorstep delivery of services, Kejriwal said. We have already introduced doorstep delivery of services in Delhi. All the government services would be available at your doorstep, he said. In Delhi, government officers visit an applicant's residence to collect the documents, and a similar system will be introd
The malaise persists at state and local-level governance
To be sure, funding of political party using unaudited money is the central reason why there is no incentive in our political economy to curb corruption